II NGVA Europe International Show and Workshops June 7-9 – 2011- Berlin, Germany
NGV Berlin 2011, the 2nd NGVA Europe International Show & Workshops, will be held on June 7-9, 2011, in Berlin, Germany. This is an event of NGVA Europe -European NGV Association-, hosted by Erdgas Mobil -German NGV Association- and organized by NGV Communications Group, with exhibition and five workshops that will address topics of utmost [...]
NGV2011 Berlin: where supply, demand and proactivity converge (June 7-9, 2011)
NGV2011 Berlin, the 2nd NGVA Europe International Show & Workshops, will be held on June 7-9, 2011, in Berlin, Germany. This is an event of NGVA Europe –European NGV Association –, hosted by Erdgas Mobil –German NGV Association– and organized by NGV Communications Group, with exhibition and five workshops that will address topics of utmost [...]
L.A. METRO Public Transit Agency Contracts with Clean Energy to Operate & Maintain CNG Fueling Facilities in Four Agency Divisions
– Clean Energy Will Fuel METRO’s Entire 2,500 CNG Bus Fleet –
Seal Beach, CA (October 29, 2010) — Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) has secured a new 10-year contract from the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO) to operate CNG facilities that fuel METRO CNG buses deployed in the agency’s Downtown Los Angeles, San [...]
Fiat’s Marchionne wants to add CNG- and LPG-powered vehicles to Chrysler’s lineup
Fiat has the highly regarded Multijet diesel engine among its offerings, and Volkswagen has been spending massive amounts of moolah to soften American hearts toward diesels. Yet in spite of those two factoids, at a recent symposium in Michigan Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne championed compressed natural gas (CNG) as a fuel he’d like to see [...]
Eco-dazzle at Paris Motor Show
Two key trends revealed themselves at this year’s Paris Motor Show. First, while the carmakers have showed eco concepts for years, this year was the first Paris Show where so many production versions of hybrid and electric cars were launched. Second, the sports and supercar brands proved that they too have a place in this [...]
Japan vows on climate bill, biodiversity goal
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s environment minister said on Tuesday he aimed to pass a climate bill soon and forge ahead with plans to launch an emissions trading scheme but gave few clues on how to win help from opposition parties in a divided parliament.
Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto also said a U.N. meeting in Japan this [...]
Gas Natural Fenosa and ENEL end renewable energies partnership and divide EUFER’s assets
GAS NATURAL FENOSA, Enel Green Power S.p.A. (Enel Green Power) and its Spanish subsidiary Enel Green Power España (EGPE) have agreed to end their renewable energies partnership in Enel Unión Fenosa Renovables S.A., EUFER, a joint venture in which each group held 50% of the shares.
Under the agreement, each shareholder will receive approximately 50% of [...]
BALLAST NEDAM’S SUBSIDIARY CNG NET OPENS 50TH PUBLIC CNG FILLING STATION IN THE NETHERLANDS
Official Press Release text by NGVA Europe member Ballast Nedam
The fiftieth public CNG filling station of the Netherlands has become a reality with the opening of the CNG Net station in Harderwijk. This unique milestone has been achieved in a period when contributing towards a cleaner environment while achieving an appealing financial advantage is more [...]
Panda MY 2011 with Euro 5 engines: no smoke, it’s all power
The Fiat Panda has been revamped.
New interiors, new colours, new Euro 5 engines, but without giving up on the winning characteristics that make it the undisputed leader in its category: innovative design, advanced technology made accessible to all and smart solutions to simplify and improve the on-board experience.
The major novelty of the Panda MY 2011 [...]
Chrysler Plans for Hybrids, EVs and Natural Gas Vehicles
Chrysler will soon start testing a plug-in hybrid Dodge Ram Pickup, but it’s not clear when it would arrive in showrooms.
ast November, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne and his lieutenants spent a long day laying out the details of their plans for a new Chrysler that would compete on all fronts, including cars that would compete [...]